Random part of the day: Brick 1X2X5 W. Groove
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random part is 88393, 'Brick 1X2X5 W. Groove', which is a System part, category Bricks, Special.
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In my day... you only had 1x2(x1)s or those 6090 portcullis slots that were more like a 1x2x6 (but the top was a 2x2).
The proliferation of these grooved bricks when they were only in one set in my childhood collection is never not weird to me.
Groovy!
*Ahem*...Groove is in the part-art-art...no?
@Formendacil:
The benefit of the old style tall brick is it was actually possible to tie them into the structure behind them, where any solution to do so with this would break up the groove if it's facing out. You ask why this matter? Let me show you...
https://brickshelf.com/gallery/DecoJim/Penobscot/penobscot4712.jpg
Built by another member of my LUG, he would regularly clean out the available supply of 6056 bricks in both light-grey and light-bley to build this behemoth, which stands 11.5' tall and weighs about 200 pounds. Built with this style of brick, they couldn't be load-bearing, and they would get knocked loose constantly. You'd basically have to install them each time the building got set up, which would probably result in him parting this out because it'd be such a pain to set up (and his house doesn't have the headroom to allow him to store it fully assembled). With 6056, every six bricks in height it provides a way to anchor these to the infrastructure of the building, so you'd need a hammer to knock them loose.
@patch said:
"Groovy!"
Klaatu Barada *cough cough*
Oh, fine.
"This is my boom-brick!"
The 60110 Fire Station has these all over. Flimsy build.
@MeisterDad:
A different member of my LUG made a 1-2 story building and stacked 1x2 masonry bricks in columns between windows. Not only would they regularly bend out of true, but they didn’t even match the height of the rest of the building (over about a 6” height, they were off maybe half a plate).
@PurpleDave said:
" @Formendacil:
The benefit of the old style tall brick is it was actually possible to tie them into the structure behind them, where any solution to do so with this would break up the groove if it's facing out.
You can easily solve this with https://brickset.com/parts/design-90258. I don't think there is a big disadvantage over the old part."
I’m sorry, but you’ve thrown off the Brick 1X2X5’s groove
This part is a sad reminder that there is no portcullis piece in production.
It's hard to make a brick-built portcullis that fits these slots (but it can be done).
Shake your groove thing!
@legonard:
The one disadvantage that’s immediately obvious is that the two parts may not be obtainable in the same colors.
@Brickalili said:
"I’m sorry, but you’ve thrown off the Brick 1X2X5’s groove"
I was wondering if somebody was gonna make that joke, and I was not disappointed!
Should have only been used for the garage doors not as main supports as 60004 was far more flimsy than 60110, whenever my son landed the helicopter the roof would collapse.